Pesticide, ag waste collection scheduled for December

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in conjunction with the TDA and The Texas Cooperative Extension has planned six Agricultural Waste Pesticide Collection (AWPC) events for the weeks of Dec. 3 and Dec. 10. These collection events offer rural Texans the opportunity to dispose of banned or unwanted pesticides as well as other related agricultural items.

Collection is open to ALL Texas residents: Who apply pesticides or other agricultural chemicals for the production of agricultural products in Texas and who currently have banned or unwanted agricultural chemicals.

No wastes will be accepted from chemical dealers, school chemistry or biology labs, franchise pesticide applicators certified by the Texas Structural Pest Control Board.